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Taurasi eyeing record sixth Olympic gold medal at Paris 2024

  • Basketball

Diana Taurasi has hinted that should the opportunity to play for the United States' women's basketball team at Paris 2024 come, she would take it, as she aims for a sixth straight Olympic gold medal.

healthy enough she would like to take part.She said she would have played at the World Cup last year in Australia



IOC awards Australian broadcaster Channel Nine exclusive rights for next five Olympic Games, including Brisbane 2032

  • Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded Channel Nine in Australia rights for the next five

for.IOC President Thomas Bach said its new partnership with Nine would ensure Olympic fans across Australia

have "unparalleled coverage" of the Games.Nine has replaced Seven as the Olympic broadcaster for Australia

rights complement our recently renewed partnerships with the NRL [National Rugby League] and Tennis Australia

then, Seven has been the main Olympics broadcaster in Australia.Nine last held the Olympic rights in Australia


Companies for inaugural Australian Open StartUps programme announced

  • Tennis

Tennis Australia's Australian Open StartUps (AO StartUps) programme has announced the eight companies part of its inaugural edition.

text-to-video technology company Recut, virtual reality app YBVR and sports metaverse brand Xtadium.Tennis Australia

It's pushing our innovation agenda at Tennis Australia and at the same time providing us great investment

real-time and directly access some of the largest sports and entertainment events associated with Tennis Australia


UN Special Rapporteur accused of using Soviet propaganda technique to defend Russian return to sport

  • Paris 2024

The UN Special Rapporteur Alexandra Xanthaki has been accused of "whataboutism" after claiming that athletes from Russia and Belarus should not be banned from competing at next year's Olympic Games in Paris because the United States were allowed to take part at Athens 2004.

the 2004 Olympics in her home country, despite having led a coalition involving the United Kingdom, Australia


AOC selects seven schools in New South Wales to be on "Olympic Pathway"

  • ONOC

A group of seven schools in New South Wales (NSW) have been recognised by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) in a bid to boost the state’s efforts to create future generations of Olympians and Paralympians.

Brisbane 2032 ©Getty Images"Our seven sports high schools in NSW are the only secondary schools in Australia

We have seen Olympic Training Centres recognised around Australia and overseas, but never at the school

the former cyclist, a two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Manchester 2002 and who represented Australia



Switzerland stun Germany to qualify for Davis Cup Finals

  • Tennis

Switzerland recorded a big upset in Davis Cup qualifying, stunning fourth seeds Germany in a five-match thriller in Trier to clinch one of the 12 Finals berths.

finalise the group stage line-up, scheduled for September 12 to 17.Last year's winners Canada, runners-up Australia


Captains gather in Cape Town before Women's T20 World Cup begins

  • Cricket

The women leading the 10 teams at the 2023 International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's T20 World Cup gathered in front of the Table Mountain in Cape Town for a "Captains' Day".

host the Women’s T20 World Cup.Hosts South Africa is scheduled to take on Sri Lanka on February 10.Australia




Australia to host World Triathlon Multisport Championships for first time in 2024

  • Triathlon

The World Triathlon Multisport Championships will take place in Australia for the first time when the

athletes but also for their friends and families, and we are absolutely excited to bring that event to Australia

Over the last years, Australia has become synonymous of triathlon on its multiple variations, and has

Marisol Casado says she is "excited" to be bringing the World Triathlon Multisports Championships to Australia

Triathlon Australia chief executive Tim Harradine added: "We look forward to hosting the world's top

This is a major coup for our city and to be the first city in Australia to host this prestigious event


Melbourne to host World Junior Squash Championships as part of 2026 Commonwealth Games build-up

  • Victoria 2026

The awarding of July's World Squash Federation (WSF) World Junior Squash Championships to Melbourne has been billed as "the ideal way to kickoff a decade of sport leading up to the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria".

Australia had been awarded hosting rights for the Championships in August last year, having been due

to host the event in 2020 when it was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Squash Australia

Squash has been on the Commonwealth Games programme since Kuala Lumpur 1998, and Squash Australia hopes

WSF is delighted to bring a World Championship back to Australia as part of an exciting decade ahead

for major events in Australia."


Kingsbury wins again and Laffont finally tops podium at Deer Valley dual moguls World Cup

  • Freestyle

Canada's Mikaël Kingsbury claimed his 78th International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Freestyle Ski World Cup with a men's dual moguls victory in Deer Valley, while France's Perrine Laffont topped the women's podium for the first time this season in the same discipline.

Yanagimoto.Yanagimoto had knocked out Olympic champion and overall moguls World Cup leader Jakara Anthony of Australia